Domestic shame: a conversation with Professor Jerzy Jedlicki
TitleDomestic shame: a conversation with Professor Jerzy Jedlicki
Author
Call number943.8004924/0045
Object number04950k
Place of publicationOxford, England
PublisherThe Littman Library of Jewish civilization, American Association for Polish-Jewish Studies.
Year of publication
2009
Physical descriptionpp265-269
MaterialArticle
Series titlePolin : studies in Polish Jewry, Vol. 21
ISBN9781904113362
NotesArticle from the book ' 1968 forty years after' pp265-269
Description
In June 1967 Gromulka signalled that antisemitism was permissable and even expected, so it did not have to be concealed. An atmosphere of moral terror set in: people were dismissed from their jobs, slandered, and occasionally threatened by phone calls . Many decided to leave because they stopped feeling at home and they feared for their children's future